Will we get a Farm Bill when they come back?

There’s something about summer break that prepares students to go back to school. It’s the recharge and reset everyone needs from nine and a half months of rigorous learning. I think the same can be true for the August recess that Congress experiences every year.

WEST PLAINS IPM UPDATE

Cotton Crop & Pest SituationNot much has changed over the last couple of weeks in cotton other than the physiological state of the cotton itself. We have moved from 5 nodes above white flower (NAWF) on August 5 to less than 2 NAWF here on the 19th. The +95-degree temperatures have made this happen.

Initial 2024 Acreage and Crop Estimates Released August 12

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service has issued its first estimate of Upland cotton production for the 2024 growing season projecting an Upland crop of 14.55 million bales – some 1.5 million bales below market expectations.

Littlefield reserved Wildcat football tickets on sale through Aug. 30

The seasonal reserved Wildcat Football Tickets are on sale now through Friday, August 30th at the Central Administration Offices, located at 1207 East 14th Street. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (noon), and again from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Gift recipient shares how families are making a life- changing impact

Operation Christmas Child, a project of international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, delivers gift- filled shoeboxes to millions of children in need each year. For years, Littlefieldfamilies have packed shoebox gifts for boys and girls around the world.

Ex-chief charged with coverup following raids of Marion County Record and homes

Newspapers have permission to reprint the article detailing the arrest below. The raid of the Marion (Kansas) County Record newsroom occurred just over a year ago. At the time, the newspaper world was shaken.

21st annual Wildcat Street Party

Littlefield Community Trade Days set for Saturday, Aug. 24th

Vendors, Food Trucks and Home Goods will be at the Littlefield Community Trade Days on Sunday, Aug. 24 from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at Zeek’s. Zeek’s is located at 1403 E. Waylon Jennings Blvd. In Littlefield.